December 2, 2007
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Time to bust out the Hello Kitty stickers
I got a new cell phone yesterday. It has more features on it
than I really need, which is pretty easy to do since I want only two features
on it. I want my phone to be able to send calls and receive calls. Everything
else is just fluff. I like how it has a clock on the front, but I already have
a watch I wear everywhere I go. The planner is a bit nice too, but that's what
my desk calendar is for. This is the first time I had a camera phone, so it was
nice to put my own wallpaper on there. The novelty quickly wore off after I put
my favorite Yuki picture on there, though. The most fun I had with the phone
was reading the instruction manual. At least, when I was reading the warnings
in the beginning. Here are a few of the gems."Never place
your phone in a microwave oven as it will cause the battery to explode."
Amazingly, this was the second warning in the entire book.
This must happen rather frequently for it to have such a place of honor. I'm
baffled by this one. What on the branches of Yggdrasill would make a person put
their cell phone in a microwave?"Do not use the
phone in areas where its use is prohibited."
I'm amazed this one even needs explaining. It just seems
redundant."Do not drop,
strike, or shake your phone severely. It may harm the internal circuit boards
of the phone."
Have you ever tried wading your way through a phone menu
system? It's enough to make you stop caring about the fragile internal circuit
boards (of the phone, not your computer). They should make an exception to this rule for that case. Maybe even cover it on the warranty."Do not hold or
let the antenna come in contact with your body during a call."
I like the way they don't explain why on this one. I'm sure
the technical writer wanted to add "or you will suffer a painful death,"
but just didn't have the gall. I would also like to point out that my phone
doesn't have an antenna. The phone itself is the antenna, so I am not supposed
to touch it or I will die."Unplug the
power cord and charger during lightning storms to avoid electric shock or
fire."
I don't really understand this one. I suppose it implies
that if it's plugged in during a storm, there could be a power surge and fry
it. I don't understand the fire part, though. Is it liable to explode?"Only authorized
personnel should service the phone and its accessories."
I don't know who these authorized personnel are, but
if they are anything like the authorized personnel in other companies, I would
hardly trust them to fix my toaster.
Comments (3)
Damn has rosemarie gotten to you with the Hell Kitty stuff to? Its like crack, one you start you just cant stop.
I'm pretty sure that touching your antena is fine, i play around with mine the entire time i talk on my phone, hell some times i chew on it when i am bored. Oh and jo mama is an authorized personnel!
So basically, you just bought a death trap. I'm impressed at the cell phone companies for finding a way to distribute death to the masses at large.
I've got loads of Hello Kitty stickers at home. I thought I'd tell you that. I'm half tempted to stick them on my laptop where there's scratch-marks...That's basically everywhere...
I don't like my phone. I've had it for two maybe three years, but I've hardly ever use it and I don't carry it on me.
Warnings are so stupid. Do you read the ones you get with NDS and all the games? It says something along the lines of: you should take a 15 mins break for ever hour of gaming and I think to myself every time I see it "Yeah, right." Until my fingers and wrists hurts and my ass and shoulders get a cramp from sitting down huddled over my NDS for a few hours or when I need toilet breaks I don't stop.